Metallic railway tie and chair



` lfii R. R. ALLsHoUsE METALLIC RAILWAY TIE AND CHAIR Filed Mar.

Patented pr. l0, 1923.

u srAfrss RE'UBEN B. ALLSHOUSE, 0F FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC RAILWAY TIE AND CHAIR.

Application led March 15, 1922. Serial No. 543,890.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN R. ALLs- HOUSE, a citizen of the United States, residin at Freedom, in the county of Beaver and tate of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railway Tie and Chair, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to metallic railway ties, and is designed to provide an improved construction of tie and chair combined, which will allow adjustment of the rail and clamps and will securely fasten the rail to the tie in different adjusted positions. It is further designed to provide an improved tie and chair which may be made from commercial shapes.

One object of the invention is to construct a non-slipping tie which has suiiciently strong hold on a foundation to hold it rigidly in its longitudinal direction.

Another object of the invention is to provide the tie with auxiliary chairs which may be adjusted lengthways of the tie for positioning additional rails between the ends of the tie.

In the accompanying drawing. one embodiment of the invention is illustrated; and

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the combination tie and chair with a rail attached;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal section of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of an auxiliary chair; and

Figure 4 is a transverse section of the tie through the inserted auxiliary chair.

In the drawings reference numeral 10 represents a tie consisting of a tubular, commercial shape of rectangular cross section having a closed bottom 11, perpendicular sides 12 and top portions 13, one at each end forming an opening 14 between them. This opening which is the full width of the tie between the upstanding anges 12 extends the greater portion in length direction of the tie but leaves the top portions 13 a :sufficient length to receive the rail 15 and provide suiicient side adjustment thereof. The top portions 13 are provided with several pairs of rectangular apertures 16, which are staggered in order to provide adjustment for the rails 15. The latter are held in place by means of hook clamps 17 adapted to engage the anges of the rails and extend through the apertures 16 to the under side of the top portions 13. rFhese clamp hooks have transverse apertures 18 for receiving wedges or split pins 19 driven through them to rigidly hold the rail flanges down against the top portions 13.

The bottom 1l is roughened or provided with transverse corrugations 20 to grip the ground upon which the tie is placed in order to prevent any longitudinal displacement of the tie in the ground.

It is at times necessary to furnish one or more extra rails on the ties and for this purpose I provide an auxiliary chair 21, see Figures 3 and 4, which is of channel-construction and placed inverted in the opening 14 of the tie, that is to say, the side flanges 22 extend downwardly into the tie, so as to rest on the bottom thereof lling the entire width between the sides 12 of the tie and so that its top portion 23 becomes flush with the top edges of the sides 12. The top portion 23 is provided with apertures 24 spaced in pairs in similar manner as already described as regards the top portions 13 for engaging the rail flanges, which are secured by means of hoolr clamps 17. The sides 22 are provided with rectangular openings 25 which are intended to register with any pair of openings 26 provided in the sides 12 of the tie 10. These apertures 26 are spaced apart for adjustment of the auxiliary chair in the longitudinal direction of the tie and a key or wedge 27 is made to engage in these apertures and held in position by means of a pin 28 on the outer side of the tie.

The advantages of my invention will be apparent from the above description since a simple, strong and eihcient construction is supplied by which the rail is adjustably secured to the tie, ordinarily dispensing with any chairs whatsoever. The adjustability of the clamps upon the top portions of the tie as well as on the auxiliary chair, renders the device well adaptable to curves and frogs as well as other locations.

It will be evident, that the tie may be made with the top entirely open, so that the chair may be inserted at any point. along the tie.

Having thus described the invention, what is'claimed as new is:

A tie consisting of a tubular member having bridging portions at its ends, the top of the member being open between said bridging portions and the sides of the member between said bridging portions having openings therethrough, railfsecurngcla'mps tted through and secured in the bridging portions, au auxiliary chair consisting of an inverted channel member tted through the v open top of the tubular member with its sides bearing against the sides of'. the tubular member and resting on the bottom of said member, the top of the auxiliary ychair beingg.

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